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Tillson, John Brendan (2017) The problem of rational moral enlistment. Theory and Research in Education, 15 (2). pp. 165-181. doi:10.1177/1477878517716427

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Abstract

How can one bring children to recognize the requirements of morality without resorting only to non-rational means of persuasion (i.e. what rational ground can be offered to children for their moral enlistment)? Michael Hand has recently defended a foundationalist approach to answering this question and J. White has responded by a) criticizing Hand’s solution to the Problem of Rational Moral Enlistment, and b) attempting to circumvent the problem by suggesting a Humean route which understands moral enlistment as grounded in sentiment. While I do not accept Hand’s preferred solution to the Problem of Rational Moral Enlistment, I am also unpersuaded by White’s attempt to circumvent it. Instead, making use of work by Ben Spiecker and Jan Steutel (2001), I attempt a different solution to the Problem of Rational Moral Enlistment – one appealing to reflective equilibrium rather than to ethical foundationalism as Hand’s does. Whereas Hand hopes to ground rational moral enlistment in a single, self-evident foundational justification of some moral standards, I instead hope to facilitate rational moral enlistment through a rational procedure which starts with students’ existing moral commitments and attempts to revise or expand them through a certain kind of critical reflection.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: L Education > LC Special aspects of education
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > Philosophy
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Moral education, Foundationalism (Theory of knowledge), Reflective learning, Critical thinking
Journal or Publication Title: Theory and Research in Education
Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd.
ISSN: 1477-8785
Official Date: 1 July 2017
Dates:
DateEvent
1 July 2017Published
18 July 2017Available
23 May 2017Accepted
Volume: 15
Number: 2
Page Range: pp. 165-181
DOI: 10.1177/1477878517716427
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access
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